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immense

/ɪˈmɛns/ noun C2
  1. Immense extent or expanse; immensity.

Plural immenses

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He knew only too well the immense risks taken by Holmes, and was well aware that what he said was more likely to be under-statement than exaggeration.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 32 · B2
Sherlock Holmes recovered from the strain caused by his immense exertions in the spring of ’87.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 28 · B2
To the immense relief of all the girls, and especially of Josie Pye, who, in spite of lack of imagination, had been seized with horrible visions of a future branded as the girl who was the cause of Anne Shirley’s early and tragic death, Anne sat dizzily up and answered uncertainly:
Anne of Green Gables, p. 176 · C1
“Come, my head’s free at last!” said Alice in a tone of delight, which changed into alarm in another moment, when she found that her shoulders were nowhere to be found: all she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far below her.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 35 · B2

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